Now booking winter 2026/27 — 90% of residential routes already full · Season opens Nov 15 · 31 daysNow booking winter 2026/27 — 90% of residential routes already full · Season opens Nov 15 · 31 days
When the Escarpmentgets hit,your lot's already clear.
We're a Hamilton landscaping crew in winter mode. Plazas, clinics, condo boards and driveways get cleared automatically at 5cm, the end of the driveway gets re-done after the city plow, and every visit comes with a time-stamped photo.
WSIB insuredEvery crew member$5M liabilityCommercial generalGPS-trackedAll 38 units
5CMWe roll automatically
06:30Driveways done, typical storm
2011Clearing the Mountain since
5.0 CMTrucks rolling
5cm triggerwindrows returnedGPS photo proofabove the brow & below itNo per-push billssalted before sunrise
5cm triggerwindrows returnedGPS photo proofabove the brow & below itNo per-push billssalted before sunrise
The Brow & Bay standard · Four guarantees
Without a guaranteed trigger depth, it's just a guy with a plow.
Every contract we sign carries the same four guarantees. They're written into the paperwork, not the sales pitch, and each one is logged so you can check we kept it.
01Auto-dispatch
5cm trigger, guaranteed.
At five centimetres on our Mountain and Ancaster gauges, every truck on your route rolls. You don't call and you don't wait on hold. Commercial sites can set it as low as 1cm.
Calls neededZero
02Included
Windrow return.
When the city plow buries the end of your driveway in a hard-packed ridge, our return crew comes back and clears it. It's included on every residential pass.
Back within3 hours
03Liability log
GPS & photo proof.
A slip-and-fall claim can land 18 months after the storm. Every commercial visit is logged with GPS arrival and departure, before and after photos, and the salt we put down.
Log exportPDF · 1 hr
04Surface-safe
No-scrape edges.
Steel never touches your driveway. Teflon-coated poly cutting edges protect stamped concrete, interlock and fresh asphalt. If we mark it, our summer crew fixes it in April.
Damage claims 25/260
Live gauge · Hamilton MountainHow the trigger works
0246810cm
5cm · trucks roll
0.0 cmWatching the sky
Storm night · Hour by hour
While you sleep, the whole night is planned.
This is how a 22cm Tuesday-night storm actually runs, from the first forecast call to the photo in your inbox. No guesswork, and no "we'll get there when we can."
14:00The storm desk calls it
Downtown Hamilton, 2 p.m. The sky is already turning.
The storm desk calls it
Environment Canada models, radar off Lake Erie and our own pavement sensors on the Mountain. Crews get a standby text and both yards switch to storm footing.
Forecast 18–24 cm
Brine goes down
Commercial lots, ramps and clinic entrances get liquid anti-icer before the first flake, so snow can't bond to the pavement.
61 sites pre-treated
5cm on the gauge
Dispatch is automatic and nobody has to call anybody. All 38 units leave the Ancaster and Stoney Creek yards on routes capped so they finish on time.
Trigger · fleet rolling
Lots open
Plazas, clinics and condo entrances are cleared, stacked and salted before the first staff car pulls in. Over 15cm, crews keep cycling through the snowfall.
Commercial 100% open
Driveways done
Residential routes finish before your first coffee. Walkways and front steps are done by hand, with pet-safe melt where you asked for it.
Route complete
Windrow return
The city plow comes down your street and buries the end of the driveway. Our return crew is right behind it.
Back within 3 hrs
Proof in your inbox
Homeowners get a photo by text. Property managers get the full log: GPS times, photos, salt applied and conditions on site.
1,214 logs sent
Two divisions · One standard
Built for the lot. Priced for the driveway.
Same trucks, same storm desk, same guarantees. Commercial contracts are built around your liability. Residential passes are built around your 7 a.m.
Brow & Bay
SITE LOG · SAMPLE
SITE0417 RETAIL PLAZA
DATEJAN 14 · 22.4 CM
19:42 BRINEA–D
01:58 PLOW+STACKNE
04:21 WALKSHAND
04:52 SALT1.2 T
PHOTOS38
GPS PINGS212
CLEARED 04:52 ✓
Plazas, clinics, condo boards & industrial yards.
Seasonal, per-event or capped contracts for properties from 20,000 to 500,000 sq ft, anywhere from Brantford to Oakville. Trigger depth is set per site, as low as 1cm at a medical entrance.
Retail plazasMedical & dentalCondo corporationsIndustrial yardsOffice parksPlaces of worship
Pre-storm brining
Anti-icer goes down before the first flake, so snow never bonds.
Loader stacking
Push-backs and stacking, so you aren't short on stalls by February.
Off-site hauling
When the piles get too big, we truck them out overnight.
Walks & ramps by hand
Shovel and blower crews on curb cuts and barrier-free entrances.
24/7 slip-and-fall log
GPS, photos, salt and conditions for every visit, ready for your insurer.
One named supervisor
A real person with a cell number who knows your lot.
Unlimited clears Nov 15 – Apr 15No per-push billsPay in full or 3 instalmentsPrices before HST
Webster's Falls, Dundas · frozen solid every January
Cleared before your first coffee. Salted before the first slip.
06:30Residential routes finished on a typical overnight storm.
2H 50MAverage time from trigger to a clear driveway last season.
$0In per-push surprise bills. Not this winter, not ever.
Route board · 2026/27 · Updated daily 7 a.m.
We cap every route. That's why 5cm never means noon.
Each truck gets only as many driveways as it can finish before 7 a.m. When a route fills, it closes, so you never get a "running behind" text at lunchtime.
Sherman Falls, AncasterThe brow, after an ice storm
Route mapHamilton · Halton · Brant
Residential + commercialCommercial onlyUnits on test runs
Proof · 2025/26 season
Nobody switches over price. They switch after a slip claim.
Most of our commercial contracts came from property managers who'd been burned once. Here's what they told us after their first winter with us.
412Properties on the board
1,870GPS-logged commercial visits
2H50Avg. trigger-to-clear
0Missed triggers
Our last contractor showed up when he felt like it. A resident fell in February and Brow & Bay's logs went straight to our insurer. The claim closed in nine days.
RPRenata P.Property manager · 212-unit condo, Stoney Creek
I leave for a 7 a.m. hospital shift. The windrow return is the whole reason I signed. The end of my driveway is clear even after the city's been by.
MKMarcus K.The Mountain pass · Upper Wentworth
Five clinics, one contract, one log. Patients with walkers are at our doors by 7:30, and we haven't had a slip report in two winters.
SASana A.Operations director · clinic group, Burlington & Ancaster
April 15 · The switch
In April the plows come off. The mowers go on.
We're a grounds company first. When the snow's gone, the same crews and the same supervisor move to turf, interlock and property maintenance. One contract and one phone number, all year.
Nov 15 → Apr 15
Plowing & loader stacking
Brining & salt management
Seasonal driveway passes
Slip-and-fall logbooks
Apr 16 → Nov 14
Commercial turf management
Interlock repair & re-levelling
Spring & fall clean-ups
12-month maintenance
Winter modeSummer grounds
Drag the handle to see the switch. Same crew, different season.
Commercial RFP · Site walk
Walk the lot with us before the first flake.
A supervisor walks your property and comes back within 48 hours with a stacking plan, a salt plan and a fixed seasonal price. Formal RFP? We'll answer it on your paperwork.
Every residential pass includes windrow return. City plows usually reach side streets after the main roads, often mid-morning. Our route leads watch for the city pass on every street, and a return crew clears the end of your driveway within 3 hours, up until 9 p.m. Anything later gets done first thing on the morning route. You never have to call.
We plan for it. Above 15cm we switch to storm-cycle clearing: crews make repeat passes during the snowfall so it never gets deeper than a truck can push, then do a full clean-up once it stops. Commercial lots get loader support, and if piles start eating parking stalls we haul them off-site. Residential passes stay unlimited, so a 40cm storm costs you nothing extra.
Yes. Every crew member is WSIB-covered and we carry $5M commercial general liability. We can issue a certificate naming your property or condo corporation, usually the same day. If something gets damaged on our watch (lifted sod, a cracked light, a scuffed garage door), we photograph it and our summer crew fixes it in spring at no charge.
Trigger depth is the accumulation that dispatches us automatically: 5cm on residential passes, and whatever your contract says on commercial sites (many plazas choose 2.5cm, clinics 1cm). Under 5cm we don't plow driveways, but if it's icy or freezing rain is coming, clients with the salting add-on get treated anyway. Zero-tolerance commercial sites get salt at any amount.
No. Every residential truck runs Teflon-coated poly cutting edges on adjustable shoes, so steel never touches your surface. On interlock and stamped concrete we float the blade a few millimetres high and finish with a blower. We also stake your driveway edges in November so nobody chews up the lawn in a whiteout.
Neither. Once you're on a pass, the gauge makes the call. You'll get a text when the truck reaches your street and a photo when we're done. If there's a car in the driveway we clear around it and come back once it's moved. Just text the storm line.
Every visit creates a time-stamped record: GPS arrival and departure, before-and-after photos of entrances and walks, what we applied and how much, and conditions on site. You get it monthly as a PDF, or on demand within an hour. It's the record insurers and lawyers ask for when a claim arrives 18 months after the storm.
We'll put you on the waitlist and call when a route opens near you. Routes sometimes add a truck in January. Commercial sites anywhere from Brantford to Oakville get a site walk regardless.
Yes. Pay in full when you sign up, or in three equal instalments: at sign-up, December 15 and February 15. Commercial contracts bill monthly through the season. All prices are before HST and locked for 2026/27 once you sign.
Season opens Nov 15, 2026
The first 5cm is coming. Be on the route.
Routes close as they fill. Lock in this season's price now and your driveway markers go in before the first flake.
01Auto-dispatch
5.0 CMTrucks rolling
02Included
03Liability log
04Surface-safe
